1
: an act or instance of buying out
2
: a financial incentive offered to an employee in exchange for an early retirement or voluntary resignation
bought out; buying out; buys out
1
: to purchase the share or interest of
2
: to purchase the entire stock-in-trade and the goodwill of (a business)
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 June 2025
Both Silver, which is based in Hollywood, and Seaborne filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Dec. 30 after a key lender cut off funding, creditors pressed for payments on past due bills and no one stepped forward to rescue the businesses in a buyout.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
Box raised more money in 2006 — a $1.5 million funding round led by VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, according to TechCrunch — and Levie used part of that capital to buy out Cuban’s stake.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Any formal sales process would bring other bidders eager for a shot at a leveraged buyout in a quiet market.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 June 2025
Both Silver, which is based in Hollywood, and Seaborne filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Dec. 30 after a key lender cut off funding, creditors pressed for payments on past due bills and no one stepped forward to rescue the businesses in a buyout.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
Verb
The company started the fiscal year with plans to be bought out by Tapestry Inc., only to see that exit fall apart and to pivot to a deal to sell Versace to Prada for $1.4 billion.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
Box raised more money in 2006 — a $1.5 million funding round led by VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, according to TechCrunch — and Levie used part of that capital to buy out Cuban’s stake.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 19 May 2025
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“Buyout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyout. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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buyout
1 of 2 noun
buy·out
ˈbī-ˌau̇t 
: an act or instance of buying out
buy out
2 of 2 transitive verb1
: to purchase the share or interest of
2
: to purchase the entire tangible and intangible assets of (a business)
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